Why in the name of great Auntie Carols hairy old fanny are we playing with three at the back?
Europa League Round of 16 2nd Leg
Manchester United 1:0 FC Rostov
Old Trafford
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- Thu, 16 March 2017 @ 8:05pm GMT
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Didn't think Romero would start over DDG, but he earned his place. Hoping for another good game from him againJust realized I got 9/11. I had Lingard and DDG. Romero getting a lot of action these past few weeks. I think it's a little more than fitness rotation.
We got a decent result in Russia and Chelsea were on top but the tactic worked well.
Romero is more than good to play all the way. He's good enough for a number 1 at a lot of teams left in Europa.5 atb?
Or Blind in midfield?I'm not convinced it's three at the back. Neither of Blind or Rojo are suited to a wingback role. Blind would be ideal as the left sided of the three CBs, but seems a weird choice for a wingback. On the other hand, now seems a weird time to be experimenting with Blind as defensive mid as well.Rostov have only named four subs.There is certainly some Good Cop, Bad Cop going on with Luke Shaw. Mourinho is certainly the latter as it is understood the left back is not injured but was never going to be in the squad for this one allegedly.
Yet Good Cop Gareth Southgate has named him in his England squad. To be honest there is no justification for Southgate to choose him but if it is done purely on giving the lad a psychological boost then fair play to him. Shaw needs a Good Cop at the moment.Got 9/11. Forgot to take out Tony Martial. Decent enough team. Don't care how, just get through to next round. We should win this.
I doubt we'll drop De Gea if we ever face a good team. It's kinda like what Conte did at Chelsea for the FA Cup, he played Begovic all the way up until they faced us.Why are we going with Romero instead of De Gea?
Hasnt he played all the europa games? Will be a tough one if we get to the final, let him keep his spot or put DDG in.We're starting 11 players?
I might be wrong but Mourinho has often trusted second goalkeepers in cup competitions hasn't he?Hope it's Blind as a DM. I want to see us try that again.
10. No Herrrera tonight.Any system that reduces Pogba's defensive requirements is the right move, and I think Jose worries Carrick doesn't have the legs for the press which is why he's going for the extra CB.
Yeah. I somehow convinced myself that Valencia had started that game and was covering the right wingback position.
The real question is what does Phil Neville think?8/11, wasn't expecting a back three. Though I should've been, considering the last fixture.
Romero too. Considering the significance of the game, thought he'd go with Dave just to be safe, not that Romero has been bad.
He plays in cup competitions, we've played more cup competitions in the last few weeks. I wouldn't read too much into it.
Yeah it didn't occur to me either.They have a total of 4 subs on the bench. It will be hugely embarrassing(dare I use that word) to lose to them.On the bright side I did say it'd be Romero in goal, but on the downside when I set team earlier today I forgot to put him in would have given me 10 points.It's a very solid lineup, think we'll get battered though.
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Romero has been in goal for most of the EL games this season. De Gea has only played 3 of them.
Well he was a mentor of Mourinho's...Three at the back again, Hello Van Gaal my old friend
United's absentees
Rooney and Martial are injured. The fact that Martial was training separately with Shaw and Schweinsteiger suggests they could be nursing knocks as well.
Schweinsteiger did get “a little problem” ahead of Bournemouth. Shaw started at Bournemouth but did not make the 18 against Chelsea.
Darmian has fallen out of favour in recent months.
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No Rooney, Martial, Schweinsteiger, Shaw or Darmian in the United squad.
No surprise with Rooney.
Keeping him fresh for the Palace home game so he can have a romantic send off.
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Good, in that case I have 10/10.A must win game and DDG is on the bench. Guess who is off to Madrid?
Looks like one of them is a goalkeeper so, bar a goalkeeping injury, the manager can't have the excuse of being surprised by the substitutions.I think we'll do them quite comfortably, after all they aren't used to a proper football pitch.
Only four subs for RostovLads i need ...you know what i needCould be a 3-4-3 or a 4-3-3...
Interesting to see what we do
I don't know, Hazard?
Romero starts Europa games generally. Have you missed that?
The more interesting thing is the formation.
Surely he hasn't suddenly decided to play Blind as a defensive mid, so what are we doing!
Romero has played most EL games so far. Mourinho is clearly giving Romero gametime in the EL and resting De Gea. It has nothing to do with if De Gea is leaving or not.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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20%
Juan Mata
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9%
Marouane Fellaini
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8%
Antonio Valencia
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3%
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
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3%
Marcos Rojo
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2%
Ander Herrera
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2%
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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1%
Chris Smalling
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1%
Paul Pogba
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1%
Eric Bailly
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 439 ratings.
Score Predictions
533,15,15
- Man Utd win
- Rostov win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 35% Man Utd 2:0 Rostov
- 26% Man Utd 3:0 Rostov
- 9% Man Utd 2:1 Rostov
- 8% Man Utd 3:1 Rostov
- 7% Man Utd 4:0 Rostov
- 7% Man Utd 1:0 Rostov
- 3% Man Utd 5:0 Rostov
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Rostov
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Rostov
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Rostov
- 1% Man Utd 4:1 Rostov
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 Rostov
- 1% Man Utd 1:1 Rostov
- 1% Man Utd 1:2 Rostov
- 0% Man Utd 0:3 Rostov
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Rostov
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Rostov
- 0% Man Utd 2:4 Rostov
- 0% Man Utd 5:5 Rostov
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Rostov
- Possession
- 69% 31%
- Shots
- 18 6
- Shots on Target
- 4 4
- Corners
- 6 2
- Fouls
- 8 11
Referee
Gediminas Mazeika
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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